Interim administrator Geoff Milz said the board narrowed the field from 23 to 11. Interviews were conducted Feb. 5 and Feb. 7, and he said the board would cut the field further and do a second round of interviews, which were yet been scheduled.

Here are the candidates who interviewed in the first round. Information was taken from resumes, which the Enquirer obtained through a records request,

Interviewing Feb 5:

Michael Brillhart: 18 years of administration and consulting experience. He most recently served as county manager in Camden County, North Carolina, and was interim county administrator in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He served as strategic development director and business manager for St. Lucie County, Florida, for nine years.

Patrick Ross: Safety service director for the city of Reading for eight years and city clerk for one year. He was a professional football player from 2006-2009.

Richard Shelly: Director of public works for Anderson Township, with 30 years of engineering, surveying and construction project management. He has served as director of transportation for Dearborn County, Indiana, and served as a public works inspector and civil engineering tech for the city of Cincinnati.

Interviewing Feb. 7:

Jeff Bradley : Self-employed with the Southern Baptist Convention and North America Mission Board, and as a contractor. He listed community involvement in Colerain, volunteering with Movies in the Park, the Easter Egg Hunt, Fall Festival, Fourth of July Fireworks and Taste of Colerain.

Steven Burns: Chief operations officer and fiscal director at Summit Behavioral Healthcare, has 33 years of experience in public service, having also served as chief deputy and as budget and finance director in the Hamilton County Recorder's Office,

John Burt: Town manager for Groton, Connecticut, and served as Otsego County Michigan administrator for 11 years. He also has served as director, assistant director, planner and as an intern over a 10-year period in Berrien County, Michigan.

Bryan Chodkowski: 20 years experience in public administration. He is town manager in Enfield, Connecticut, and previously served as city manager of Riverside, Ohio, for nine years and village administrator in Sparta, Michigan, for four years.

Ronnise Handy: Chief financial officer for the city of Cincinnati Fire Department, has been with the department almost 10 years. She was an income tax examiner and budget/management analyst, finance director for the villages of Woodlawn and Lockland; and has 28 years government and for-profit accounting/budget experience.

Joseph Helfenberger: 32 years of public administration experience. He was city manager for the city of St. Cloud, Florida, for the past two years. He also served as city administrator in Ottumwa, Iowa, for seven years and was village administrator for Hobart, Wisconsin, for 11 years. From 1990 to 1997, he was village administrator for Pulaski, Wisconsin. He also served as village coordinator in North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Necedah, Wisconsin.

Charlie Norman: Elections administrator at the Hamilton County Board of Elections since 2014. He has also served as regional director in the Ohio Attorney General's Office for three years and was treasurer of the city of Cheviot from 2009 to 2014. Norman was an administrative bailiff in Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas for Judge Pat DeWine and served as his chief of staff when DeWine was a Hamilton County Commissioner. He also served as a member of Cheviot City Council from 2002 to 2007.

Jeff Weckbach Jr.: Has worked in the Hamilton County Office of Budgets and Strategic Initiatives since 2014. He is a senior policy manager and has also served as a budget analyst with the department.